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Polky sleeps with Aussie team

Posted: 11 Nov 08 | Mind out of the gutter people, I was just on the same plane from Mumbai as the team last night. |

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Defence is the best form of attack?

Posted: 09 Nov 08 | What a great day of attacking cricket! |

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Ganesha gifts ton to Tendulkar

Posted: 07 Nov 08 | Just after Sachin Tendulkar notched up his 40th Test century, the local lad sitting next to me said that God had helped the Little Master. |

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Can I have your autograph?

Posted: 06 Nov 08 | Rocked up in Nagpur intent on giving Aussie travellers a bad name, but it doesn't seem to be working. |

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Storm brews with rickshaw driver, ends up cooked in the kitchen

Posted: 04 Nov 08 | Having just visited Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, which is the mausoleum model before the Taj Mahal, I caught a rickshaw to my cooking course. |

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A close shave, but mission accomplished

Posted: 03 Nov 08 | What a fizzer of a Test, but at least Anil Kumble chucked it in so the day ended with some interest. |

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The cricket gets biblical

Posted: 01 Nov 08 | After a brief vague out, as you do at the cricket, I gazed back over the field to see everybody laying face down on the ground. |

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Diwali makes Indians crackers

Posted: 31 Oct 08 | Well it's Diwali in India at the moment. |

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Sikh and you shall find

Posted: 26 Oct 08 | Leaving the serenity of the Himalayas behind me I returned to the hustle and bustle of the crazy cities that seem like the real India. |

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"Flowing robes, bald, grace, striking"

Posted: 26 Oct 08 | Anyone who is a fan of Caddychack is a fan of the Dalai Lama. |

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Aussies still in it, says Buddhist monk

Posted: 25 Oct 08 | Macleod Ganj is the home-in-exile of the Dalai Lama. |

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Get on the road Jack

Posted: 24 Oct 08 | Shimla has a pedestrian only centre, which makes it a lot quieter than where I've already been. |

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The hills are alive with the sound of monkeys

Posted: 23 Oct 08 | Having fled the rubble that is now the Aussie cricket team I found myself in Shimla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where they have a temple in honour of Hanuman, aka King Monkey, Great Sage - Equal of Heaven. |

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Blogging on blagging

Posted: 21 Oct 08 | While being white makes you a target to scammers in India, it also helps you get places, especially if you walk around like you own the place. |

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Would you like a rat with your beer, sir?

Posted: 18 Oct 08 | Pakistan's Salim Malik was "affectionately" called "The Rat" by the Aussie cricket team because of his facial features. |

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Countrypeople lend me your ear

Posted: 16 Oct 08 | When I was a kid I had an ear infection and went to the doctor and he pumped water into it. |

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Many hands make many work

Posted: 13 Oct 08 | Well I lost my rag today. |

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What a load of bull!

Posted: 11 Oct 08 | There were no scriptures in sight at the cricket, let alone beer, so I headed off in search of pancakes, or masala dosas as they are called here. |

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No beer you say!

Posted: 10 Oct 08 | Hindu is India's second biggest religion, yesterday was my first experience of their biggest: cricket! |

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By gum, what a meal. And lift your game V/Line!

Posted: 09 Oct 08 | Many Australian workers know the name Bangalore. To many it stands for lost jobs that have been "offshored". |

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A long time ago Monkey followed a Buddhist priest, Tripitaka, from China to India in search of holy scriptures to save the world. Chairman Polky now heads to India in search of the same, and to watch a little cricket too...